I prefer Palace, though I expect they'd go right back down, having grown too fast. I don't think they'll win, but then I didn't think they'd beat Sunderland either.
I completely agree with you. The Hammers Supporters are fun, though. I loved it 2 seasons ago when I would see matches on FSW at Upton Park with tons of insane West Ham Supporters chanting all the while during a 0-0 match and it was raining quite hard....good stuff.
palace coz ian dowie their manager is from my home town! ian dowie keeping it real for da hatfield people!
I'm going for CP, because IIRC, it's been quite a while since they've been in the prem. But then, indeed, they could pull a Wolves and relegate immediately, which would be sad to see.
Neither, as it means another derby for us. West Ham always presented problems when they were up, and I suspect CP would as well, though I suppose I'd like to see CP up because they haven't been up in a while, though like Catfish, I agree, WH supporters are cool, even when you're wearing an Arsenal kit on the Tube and they've just been thrashed across town.
Good answer! This was why I was pulling for Sunderland and Ipswich. Derbies usually are difficult, regardless of where the teams may be in the table. We will have 10 derby matches next year, but there have been seasons when it's been worse. Here is the year-by-year log of London areas clubs in the EPL, shown in order of finish: 1993 - QPR, Spurs, Arsenal, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Palace 1994 - Arsenal, Wimbledon, QPR, West Ham, Chelsea, Spurs 1995 - Spurs, QPR, Wimbledon, Chelsea, Arsenal, West Ham, Palace 1996 - Arsenal, Spurs, West Ham, Chelsea, Wimbledon, QPR 1997 - Arsenal, Chelsea, Wimbledon, Spurs, West Ham 1998 - Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Wimbledon, Palace 1999 - Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Wimbledon, Charlton 2000 - Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Wimbledon, Watford 2001 - Arsenal, Chelsea, Charlton, Spurs, West Ham 2002 - Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Spurs, Fulham, Charlton 2003 - Arsenal, Chelsea, Spurs, Charlton, Fulham, West Ham 2004 - Arsenal, Chelsea, Charlton, Fulham, Spurs Spurs haven't stood higher than 3rd in the last 8 years, further evidence of how far they've fallen (though not far enough).
The Hammers...mostly because my introduction to truly nutty fans came courtesy of the rabid East End fellas at Upton Park